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subject	book bibliographic info
composite, animal, psycho-physical	King (2006) 216
composite, authorship claims	Keener(2005) 20, 21
composite, body and soul	King (2006) 122, 133, 247
composite, citation	Damm (2018) 139
composite, figure, cumaean sibyl, as	Pillinger (2019) 149, 166, 173, 174
composite, image	Steiner (2001) 33
composite, image, statues, as	Steiner (2001) 33
composite, life, lat. vita = gr. bios, synthetos	Tsouni (2019) 170, 171
composite, narrative	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer (2022) 204
composite, nature of longer narratives in talmud, babylonian	Kalmin (2014) 53, 54, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 68, 69
composite, of aristarchus	Niehoff (2011) 23, 49, 56
composite, running	Niehoff (2011) 56, 79, 96, 128, 152, 167, 170, 177
composite, soul, psyche	King (2006) 106, 109, 111, 112, 206
composite, substance, as	King (2006) 246, 250
composition, abot, date of	Bickerman and Tropper (2007) 558, 559
composition, acts date of	Matthews (2010) 5, 43
composition, acts of andrew, place of	Bremmer (2017) 115, 116
composition, acts of john, place of	Bremmer (2017) 112
composition, acts of paul	Bremmer (2017) 163
composition, acts of peter, place of	Bremmer (2017) 143, 144, 145
composition, acts of thomas, place of	Bremmer (2017) 168
composition, aesthetic model of figural	Dawson (2001) 254
composition, and collection of quaestiones of augustine	Lunn-Rockliffe (2007) 29, 65, 66
composition, and date of cicero, aratea	Gee (2013) 61
composition, and date of drn, lucretius	Gee (2013) 61
composition, and editing	Allen and Dunne (2022) 22, 23, 24
composition, and parmenides’ hodos dizēsios, ring	Folit-Weinberg (2022) 202
composition, and redaction, sectarian settlements, texts	Schiffman (1983) 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 18, 40, 41, 97, 122, 161, 166, 167, 170, 171, 181, 183
composition, and structure, artemidorus of daldis, oneirocritica	Thonemann (2020) 8, 9, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 143
composition, ars nova, style of musical	Gee (2020) 306, 307
composition, as star map	Beck (2006) 34, 38, 205, 208, 211, 212, 213, 215, 221, 222, 256
composition, aḥiqar, date and place of	Toloni (2022) 166, 170
composition, blood, motif of as evidence of a unified rabbinic	Kalmin (2014) 54, 57, 58, 63, 66
composition, by reuse	Trudinger (2004) 5, 6, 7, 162, 208
composition, by solomon, song of songs	Kaplan (2015) 29, 44
composition, by, reuse	Trudinger (2004) 5, 6, 7, 162, 208
composition, council of the five hundred	Barbato (2020) 45, 72, 73
composition, criticism, literary- and	Piotrkowski (2019) 11, 37, 105
composition, date, de doctrina christiana, augustine	Yates and Dupont (2020) 321, 322
composition, dionysius of halicarnassus, on	Hunter and de Jonge (2018) 95, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264
composition, epidauros miracle inscriptions, sources and	Renberg (2017) 130, 172, 173, 291
composition, family	Huebner (2013) 47
composition, formulae	Finkelberg (2019) 101
composition, history and, ezra-nehemiah	Halser (2020) 11, 12, 31, 32, 50, 68, 82, 113
composition, household	Huebner (2013) 13, 16, 35, 47
composition, in egypt, tobiads, possible	Salvesen et al (2020) 100, 108
composition, in natural history, pliny the elder, mode/style of	Williams (2012) 44, 45
composition, in the vp, iamblichus, methods of	Huffman (2019) 332, 469
composition, job, book of date and place of	Toloni (2022) 94
composition, jury	Martin (2009) 2, 242
composition, lemmatic	Fonrobert and Jaffee (2007) 27, 28
composition, melodic	Motta and Petrucci (2022) 192, 196, 197, 200, 202, 203, 206, 207
composition, music and musicality, hymns singing and	Taylor and Hay (2020) 187, 188, 189, 208, 321, 322
composition, namatianus, rutilius claudius, date of	Blum and Biggs (2019) 251
composition, narrative	Berglund Crostini and Kelhoffer (2022) 143
composition, nile, metaphor for poetic	Manolaraki (2012) 69, 111, 112, 113, 114, 134, 135, 159, 160, 162, 173, 182
composition, nippur, ethnic	Bickerman and Tropper (2007) 977
composition, notre dame, style of musical	Gee (2020) 305, 318
composition, of hippocratic corpus, date and	Jouanna (2012) 74
composition, of jewish war, history by josephus, date of	Feldman (2006) 317, 318
composition, of protrepticus, iamblichus	Wolfsdorf (2020) 264, 265, 266
composition, of senate, changing	Tacoma (2016) 36, 37, 60, 64
composition, of symbolum apostolicum, talmud	Albrecht (2014) 108
composition, of the sanhedrin edah, assembly, quorum, and the	Kanarek (2014) 140, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 164, 165, 167
composition, of works, ambrosiaster, date of	Lunn-Rockliffe (2007) 12, 13, 14
composition, oral	Johnson and Parker (2009) 192
composition, oral and written	Jaffee (2001) 5, 18, 19, 36, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 138, 139, 140
composition, parry-lord school of oral traditional	Carr (2004) 8
composition, ring	Cain (2016) 137 Clay and Vergados (2022) 26, 29, 34, 36, 295, 309, 354 Cueva et al. (2018a) 53 Demoen and Praet (2009) 140, 148, 286, 291, 304 Geljon and Runia (2013) 160 Honigman (2003) 15, 21, 25, 26, 29 Jouanna (2012) 111 Laemmle (2021) 249, 250, 258, 259, 260, 262, 263, 271, 273
composition, scriptores historiae augustae, real date of	Bickerman and Tropper (2007) 863, 865
composition, septuagint, legend of the of in babylonian rabbinic sources	Kalmin (2014) 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94
composition, septuagint, legend of the of in christian sources of the roman east	Kalmin (2014) 83, 84, 86, 87, 88, 90, 91, 94
composition, septuagint, legend of the of in hellenistic jewish sources	Kalmin (2014) 84, 85, 86, 87, 92, 93, 94
composition, septuagint, legend of the of in mesopotamian christian sources	Kalmin (2014) 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 94
composition, shepherds, flock	Huebner (2018) 129
composition, sunthesis	Dimas Falcon and Kelsey (2022) 43, 156, 160, 162, 163, 164, 177
composition, tamid tractate, date of	Trudinger (2004) 29
composition, theological model of figural	Dawson (2001) 254
composition, theory of adversus nationes, double	Simmons(1995) 54
composition, theory of monceaux, p., double	Simmons(1995) 54
composition, tobit, date and place of	Toloni (2022) 27, 60, 166
composition, trichotomy, human	Garcia (2021) 112, 150, 151, 155, 169
composition, videvdad, the pahlavi	Nikolsky and Ilan (2014) 227, 257
composition, weaving metaphor, for	Gray (2021) 31, 77, 90, 183, 240, 241, 243, 244
compositional, homeric, structure	Toloni (2022) 46
compositional, setting, apocalyptic literature	Collins (2016) 47, 48, 49
compositional, writing, grammatical suffix, primers of	Nikolsky and Ilan (2014) 173, 198
compositions, body, as containing many	Carter (2019) 132
compositions, digressions, in letter of aristeas, their place in the overall	Honigman (2003) 13, 15, 25, 26

List of validated texts:

7 validated results for "composite"

1. None, None, nan (th cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Job, Book of, date and place of composition • Tobiads, possible composition in Egypt

Found in books: Salvesen et al (2020) 100, 108; Toloni (2022) 94

2. Hebrew Bible, Exodus, 12.8, 22.8 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Passover, piyyutim composed for • Sectarian settlements, texts, composition and redaction • Shivata for Dew (Qallir), composed for a Sabbath that fell on Passover • composition, oral and written

Found in books: Jaffee (2001) 109; Lieber (2014) 53, 267, 303; Schiffman (1983) 122

12.8. וְאָכְלוּ אֶת־הַבָּשָׂר בַּלַּיְלָה הַזֶּה צְלִי־אֵשׁ וּמַצּוֹת עַל־מְרֹרִים יֹאכְלֻהוּ׃
22.8. עַל־כָּל־דְּבַר־פֶּשַׁע עַל־שׁוֹר עַל־חֲמוֹר עַל־שֶׂה עַל־שַׂלְמָה עַל־כָּל־אֲבֵדָה אֲשֶׁר יֹאמַר כִּי־הוּא זֶה עַד הָאֱלֹהִים יָבֹא דְּבַר־שְׁנֵיהֶם אֲשֶׁר יַרְשִׁיעֻן אֱלֹהִים יְשַׁלֵּם שְׁנַיִם לְרֵעֵהוּ׃''. None

12.8. And they shall eat the flesh in that night, roast with fire, and unleavened bread; with bitter herbs they shall eat it.' "
22.8. For every matter of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, whereof one saith: 'This is it,' the cause of both parties shall come before God; he whom God shall condemn shall pay double unto his neighbour."'. None

3. Hebrew Bible, Numbers, 11.16 (9th cent. BCE - 3rd cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Edah (assembly, quorum), and the composition of the Sanhedrin • Sectarian settlements, texts, composition and redaction

Found in books: Kanarek (2014) 146, 147; Schiffman (1983) 41

11.16. וַיֹּאמֶר יְהוָה אֶל־מֹשֶׁה אֶסְפָה־לִּי שִׁבְעִים אִישׁ מִזִּקְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל אֲשֶׁר יָדַעְתָּ כִּי־הֵם זִקְנֵי הָעָם וְשֹׁטְרָיו וְלָקַחְתָּ אֹתָם אֶל־אֹהֶל מוֹעֵד וְהִתְיַצְּבוּ שָׁם עִמָּךְ׃''. None

11.16. And the LORD said unto Moses: ‘Gather unto Me seventy men of the elders of Israel, whom thou knowest to be the elders of the people, and officers over them; and bring them unto the tent of meeting, that they may stand there with thee.''. None

4. Hesiod, Theogony, 139-153 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • ring composition

Found in books: Beck (2021) 188; Clay and Vergados (2022) 34

139. γείνατο δʼ αὖ Κύκλωπας ὑπέρβιον ἦτορ ἔχοντας,'140. Βρόντην τε Στερόπην τε καὶ Ἄργην ὀβριμόθυμον, 141. οἳ Ζηνὶ βροντήν τε δόσαν τεῦξάν τε κεραυνόν. 142. οἳ δή τοι τὰ μὲν ἄλλα θεοῖς ἐναλίγκιοι ἦσαν, 143. μοῦνος δʼ ὀφθαλμὸς μέσσῳ ἐνέκειτο μετώπῳ. 144. Κύκλωπες δʼ ὄνομʼ ἦσαν ἐπώνυμον, οὕνεκʼ ἄρα σφέων 145. κυκλοτερὴς ὀφθαλμὸς ἕεις ἐνέκειτο μετώπῳ· 146. ἰσχὺς δʼ ἠδὲ βίη καὶ μηχαναὶ ἦσαν ἐπʼ ἔργοις. 147. ἄλλοι δʼ αὖ Γαίης τε καὶ Οὐρανοῦ ἐξεγένοντο 148. τρεῖς παῖδες μεγάλοι τε καὶ ὄβριμοι, οὐκ ὀνομαστοί, 149. Κόττος τε Βριάρεώς τε Γύης θʼ, ὑπερήφανα τέκνα. 150. τῶν ἑκατὸν μὲν χεῖρες ἀπʼ ὤμων ἀίσσοντο, 151. ἄπλαστοι, κεφαλαὶ δὲ ἑκάστῳ πεντήκοντα 152. ἐξ ὤμων ἐπέφυκον ἐπὶ στιβαροῖσι μέλεσσιν· 153. ἰσχὺς δʼ ἄπλητος κρατερὴ μεγάλῳ ἐπὶ εἴδει. '. None

139. Be covered, first bore Heaven, who was replete'140. With stars, providing thus a permanent seat 141. For all the gods, as large as Earth; then she 142. Engendered lengthy mountains which would be 143. Delightful haunts for all the Nymphs, who dwell 144. Among their glens; then, with its raging swell, 145. She bore the barren sea, no union 146. of love involved, although she later on 147. Mingled with Heaven, and Oceanus, 148. Deep-swirling, was created, and Coeu 149. And Crius and Hyperion she bore, 150. And Iapetus and Theia, furthermore, 151. And Rheia, Themis and Mnemosyne, 152. And her who wore a golden crown, Phoebe, 153. And lovely Tethys, and the youngest one, '. None

5. Homer, Iliad, 6.148-6.149 (8th cent. BCE - 7th cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Composition and editing • ring composition

Found in books: Allen and Dunne (2022) 23; Laemmle (2021) 258

6.148. τηλεθόωσα φύει, ἔαρος δʼ ἐπιγίγνεται ὥρη· 6.149. ὣς ἀνδρῶν γενεὴ ἣ μὲν φύει ἣ δʼ ἀπολήγει.''. None

6.148. Great-souled son of Tydeus, wherefore inquirest thou of my lineage? Even as are the generations of leaves, such are those also of men. As for the leaves, the wind scattereth some upon the earth, but the forest, as it bourgeons, putteth forth others when the season of spring is come; even so of men one generation springeth up and another passeth away. 6.149. Great-souled son of Tydeus, wherefore inquirest thou of my lineage? Even as are the generations of leaves, such are those also of men. As for the leaves, the wind scattereth some upon the earth, but the forest, as it bourgeons, putteth forth others when the season of spring is come; even so of men one generation springeth up and another passeth away. ''. None

6. None, None, nan (2nd cent. BCE - 2nd cent. BCE)
Tagged with subjects: • Apocalyptic literature, compositional setting • composition by reuse • reuse, composition by

Found in books: Collins (2016) 47, 49; Trudinger (2004) 208

7. Mishnah, Parah, 3.2 (1st cent. CE - 3rd cent. CE)
Tagged with subjects: • Song of Songs, composition by Solomon • composition, oral and written

Found in books: Jaffee (2001) 114, 115; Kaplan (2015) 44

3.2. חֲצֵרוֹת הָיוּ בִירוּשָׁלַיִם בְּנוּיוֹת עַל גַּבֵּי סֶלַע וְתַחְתֵּיהֶם חָלוּל, מִפְּנֵי קֶבֶר הַתְּהוֹם. וּמְבִיאִים נָשִׁים עֻבָּרוֹת וְיוֹלְדוֹת שָׁם וּמְגַדְּלוֹת שָׁם אֶת בְּנֵיהֶן. וּמְבִיאִים שְׁוָרִים וְעַל גַּבֵּיהֶן דְּלָתוֹת, וְתִינוֹקוֹת יוֹשְׁבִין עַל גַּבֵּיהֶן וְכוֹסוֹת שֶׁל אֶבֶן בְּיָדָם. הִגִּיעוּ לַשִּׁלּוֹחַ, יָרְדוּ וּמִלְאוּם, וְעָלוּ וְיָשְׁבוּ עַל גַּבֵּיהֶן. רַבִּי יוֹסֵי אוֹמֵר, מִמְּקוֹמוֹ הָיָה מְשַׁלְשֵׁל וּמְמַלֵּא:''. None

3.2. Courtyards were built in Jerusalem over rock, and beneath them there was a hollow which served as a protection against a grave in the depths. And they used to bring there pregt women, and there they gave birth to their children and there they raised them. And they brought oxen, upon whose backs were placed doors, and the children sat upon them with stone cups in their hands. When they reached the Shiloah spring they got down and filled the cups with water and then they ascended and sat again on the doors. Rabbi Yose said: each child used to let down his cup and fill it from his place.''. None

Please note: the results are produced through a computerized process which may frequently lead to errors, both in incorrect tagging and in other issues. Please use with caution.
Due to load times, full text fetching is currently attempted for validated results only.
Full texts for Hebrew Bible and rabbinic texts is kindly supplied by Sefaria; for Greek and Latin texts, by Perseus Scaife, for the Quran, by Tanzil.net

For a list of book indices included, see here.

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